Contextual moderators of the link between national and European identity among European youth

Jugert, Philipp; Šerek, Jan

doi:10.31234/osf.io/pjfvd

Cited by 2 publications

(2 citation statements)

References 27 publications

(42 reference statements)

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…In Greece, like in other non-settler European societies that tend to be more assimilationist (Verkuyten et al, 2019 ), national orientation and commitment may be incompatible with ethnic orientation and commitment (Pavlopoulos & Motti-Stefanidi, 2017 ). Recent empirical evidence showed that perceived discrimination (Jugert et al, 2020 ) as well as country-level inequalities (e.g., gender or income inequalities) (Jugert et al, 2019 ), contributed to lower ethnic identification and/or a lower compatibility between national and European identities. Thus, in countries like Greece, with relatively assimilationist attitudes and apparent inequalities between non-immigrant and immigrant youth, negative associations between ethnic and national identity processes might be expected.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Developmental Interplay between Ethnic, National, and Personal Identity in Immigrant Adolescents

Mastrotheodoros

Kornienko

Umaña‐Taylor

et al. 2021

J Youth Adolescence

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Developing a personal identity is a core developmental task for all adolescents. Immigrant adolescents need to integrate the meaning that their belonging to their ethnic group and the receiving nation has for them into their personal identity. The purpose of this study was to examine the longitudinal interplay between personal, ethnic, and national identities of a middle school sample of immigrant youth (N = 765, Mage = 12.7 years, SD = 0.6 at T1; 46% girls) enroled in Greek schools. Data were collected in three waves with repeated measures. To test the link between these identities, two trivariate Cross-Lagged Panel Models were ran, one examining identity exploration and the other examining identity commitment. The results revealed robust within time positive links between ethnic, national and personal identities for both exploration and commitment at all three time-points. There was some evidence that ethnic and national identities were negatively linked longitudinally, and limited support for longitudinal associations between these domains and personal identity. Follow-up analyses suggest that these processes may be specific to second generation youth and that findings may differ by ethnic background. Finally, the findings that emerged are discussed with attention to the socio-political climate in the receiving nation.

show abstract

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Developmental Interplay between Ethnic, National, and Personal Identity in Immigrant Adolescents

Mastrotheodoros

Kornienko

Umaña‐Taylor

et al. 2021

J Youth Adolescence

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…In Greece, like in other non-settler European societies that tend to be more assimilationist (Verkuyten et al 2019), national orientation and commitment may be incompatible with ethnic orientation and commitment (Pavlopoulos and Motti-Stefanidi 2017). Recent empirical evidence showed that perceived discrimination (Jugert et al 2020) as well as country-level inequalities (e.g., gender or income inequalities) (Jugert et al 2019), contributed to lower ethnic identification and/or a lower compatibility between national and European identities. Thus, in countries like Greece, with relatively assimilationist attitudes and apparent inequalities between non-immigrant and immigrant youth, negative associations between ethnic and national identity processes might be expected.…”

Section: The Role Of Socio-political Contextmentioning

confidence: 99%

Developmental Interplay Between Ethnic, National, and Personal Identity in Immigrant Adolescents

Mastrotheodoros¹,

Kornienko²,

Umaña‐Taylor³

et al. 2021

Preprint

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Developing a personal identity is a core developmental task for all adolescents, immigrant or not. But immigrant adolescents face the additional task of developing a sense of who they are in terms of ethnicity, what their ethnic heritage means to them (ethnic identity), and how they relate to the host culture (national identity). Even though developing personal, ethnic, and national identities are all central developmental tasks for immigrant youth, to date these processes have only been investigated in disparate lines of research. To address this gap, this longitudinal study examined the dynamic interplay of personal, ethnic, and national identity exploration and commitment. Using a large sample of immigrant adolescents in Greece (N = 795, Mage = 12.8, SD = 0.75, 46% girls), we tested two trivariate (personal; ethnic; national identity) Cross-Lagged Panel Models to examine identity exploration and commitment processes. Results indicated positive concurrent associations among all identity domains, for both exploration and commitment. However, the dynamic, lagged associations among the identity domains were reciprocally negative, especially between ethnic identity commitment and national identity commitment. Together, these results show that, even though identity development in one domain goes hand in hand with development in the other domains, the consequences of exploring and/or committing to one domain for the other domains are more nuanced. The potential role of societal assimilationist attitudes for this negative dynamic pattern is discussed.

show abstract

Contextual moderators of the link between national and European identity among European youth

Cited by 2 publications

References 27 publications

Developmental Interplay between Ethnic, National, and Personal Identity in Immigrant Adolescents

Developmental Interplay between Ethnic, National, and Personal Identity in Immigrant Adolescents

Developmental Interplay Between Ethnic, National, and Personal Identity in Immigrant Adolescents

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About